(ANSA) – ROME, DECEMBER 29 – A look that paid tribute to both the masculine and the feminine, the freedom to be yourself, the pride of your own identity. It was the creation for the final of the third edition of Drag Race Italia that contributed to the victory of Lina Galore, who finished “out of drag” Giovanni Montuori, 34 years old from Avellino, who has lived in Milan since he was 18 Bocconi Jura (“It was clear to me that that wouldn’t be my path anyway”), communications strategy consultant and digital producer.
“I really believe in the social power of drag performance, of drag art in general,” Montuori explains to ANSA, commenting on the victory in the talent reality show (the Italian version of the cult show, winner of 27 Emmys, created by Ru Paul). ), which is now appearing for the third time on Paramount+ after the first two editions on Discovery. The final episode of the show, hosted by Priscilla, with Chiara Francini, Paola Iezzi and Paolo Camilli on the jury (plus the episode's guest judges, from Tiziano Ferro to Alessandra Mastronardi, the last episode featured Melissa Satta), is already on Paramount+ in Italy and on WOW Presents Plus in the rest of the world. “With the final look I wanted to send a message to undermine any judgment and prejudice surrounding the concept of gender. It's a topic that Melissa Bianchini has also discussed several times this season,” the first transgender drag queen to compete on Drag Race Italia (produced by Ballandi, with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell and RuPaul Charles executive producing Producers) reached the final together with La Sheeva and Silvana della Magliana. Montuori's sources of inspiration for Lina Galore were 1950s pin-ups and images of Disney villains. “I think drag art is extremely noble,” he adds. “Wearing clothing that does not always identify with one’s gender is an act of revolution, especially in today’s society. In Italy it's a given given how politically inclined we are compared to the mere existence of the LGBTQIA+ community, but we see that today, even in America, drag is almost criminalized.” (HANDLING).
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